wildfire Archives - Grist

If you cared purely about the ecosystem, especially in the West, you’d just let it burn.

Eve Andrews Ask Umbra

Tribes want to use traditional knowledge to combat wildfires. But a number of practical obstacles stand in the way.

Zoya Teirstein Politics

An indigenous tradition that’s been used for millennia might be a solution to this giant problem.

Jesse Nichols & Eve Andrews Grist Original Videos

It's part of a media collaboration that looks at how California communities are reckoning with the risk of becoming the next "Paradise."

Claire Elise Thompson Cities

In the hot, dry West, water managers are learning the benefits of prescribed burns and thinning trees.

Jacques Leslie Climate & Energy

Move over, rakes. The goats are headed for California's excess brush and they're hungry.

Claire Elise Thompson Climate & Energy

Potential charges range from minor misdemeanors (related to poor maintenance of trees along power lines) to involuntary manslaughter or murder.

Paola Rosa-Aquino Culture

Smoke from the Camp Fire has made the air in northern California worse than parts of China and India.

Eric Holthaus Cities

This is not the first time the utility has been accused of being responsible for a major wildfire.

Paola Rosa-Aquino Equity